Muse in the Morning
Muse in the Morning |
An Opened Mind XXXIV
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
–Mark Twain |
Butterfly
Just Wondering
Just because
I’m gendered differently
than other people,
why must I
surrender my feelings,
check my sensitivity
at the door
like an oversized overcoat,
just so a few
can repeat their
unfunny jokes
and pokes
at people like me,
because after all
there is nothing
funnier in their minds
than someone like me?
Not a real woman…
Not a real man…
What does that
even mean?
And why does
it even matter?
And why do people
just stand around
and silently
watch it happen?
Are they chuckling
to themselves
because they agree?
I wonder.
Beyond toleration
and acceptance
lie support
and defense.
Which will die first,
bigotry
or me?
–Robyn Elaine Serven
–November 29, 2005 |
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I know you have talent. What sometimes is forgotten is that being practical is a talent. I have a paucity for that sort of talent in many situations, though it turns out that I’m a pretty darn good cook. 🙂
Let your talent bloom. You can share it here. Encourage others to let it bloom inside them as well.
Won’t you share your words or art, your sounds or visions, your thoughts scientific or philosophic, the comedy or tragedy of your days, the stories of doing and making? And be excellent to one another!